Cabinet



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D. VAN NOSTRAND.

GABINET.

Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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D. VAN NOSTRAND.

CABINET.

No. 566,357. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 566,357, dated August25, 1896. Application filed April 9, 1896. Serial No. 586,815. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LDANIEL VAN NOSTRAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Neillsville,in the county of Clark and State ofWisconsin,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, ofwhich the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets, and has especialreference to their construction with a form of interlocking jointwhereby the parts are secured together without the aid of nails, screws,bolts, or pins.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a front view of a cabinet embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an interior side view of a portion of one of thecornerposts, showing one of the interlocking crosspieces with its tenonengaged in a counterpart mortise of the corner-post. Fig. 3 is avertical section view drawn through one of the drawers on the line as atof Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a top view of one end of a cross-bar, showing theinterlocking tenon. Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the draw-guides.Fig. 6 is a vertical section view of a portion of the front half of thedrawer, drawn to show the engagement of the draw-shoes in the guide andthe manner in which the overlapping tongue of the guide serves as a stopfor the drawer by engaging against the frontboard. Fig. 7 is a detailtop view of the joint formed by the cross-pieces with the draw-guidesand corner-post, showing also the side panel as it is mortised into thecorner-post. The cornerpost and side panel are drawn in section in theplane of the upper surface of the tenon of the cross-piece.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout theseveral views.

A are the corner-posts of my improved cabinet.

B are the cross-pieces.

O are the draw-guides, and D are the side panels. The side panels D areconnected with the corner-posts by a plain mortise-joint and are held inplace by glue or any other suitable means. The cross-pieces B areprovided at each end with a horizontally-disposed tenon a, the latterhaving a transverse channel 1) formed in its upper side and beingadapted to fit intoacounterpart mortise in the cornerpost, with thetransverse channel I) register ing with a vertical channel 6 of thecornerpost, as best shown in Fig. 6. The drawguides C are formed at eachend with a vertically-disposed tenon d, adapted to fit into the verticalchannel 6 of the corner-post and interlock in the exposed portion of thetransverse channel Z; of the cross-pieces, as best shown in Fig. '7.Each draw-guide is also formed with an overlapping tongue f at each endwhich rests 011 the cross-piece B, as shown, and which acts both asasupport for the guide and as a stop for the drawer, being adapted toengage against the downward-projecting lower edge f of the drawer-front.

g is the drawer-channel, formed with a lateral groove h, into which thesliding drawershoe 2' is adapted to fit.

It will be observed that the respective sides of the case or cabinet arelocked together by the cross-pieces B and the peculiarly-shaped tenonsabove described, into the cross-channels of which the tenons of thedraw-guides are adapted to fit; also, the draw-guides are prevented fromslipping laterally by the vertically-slidin g tenons d and are supportedand kept from twisting by the drawer stop or tongue f.

The respective joints may, if desired, be filled with glue, but ifcarefully made the glue may be dispensed with, leaving the parts free tobe removed at pleasure, which is a great advantage in moving orshipping.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cabinet, comprising the corner-posts provided with verticalchannels on their i11- ner face, cross-pieces mortised into saidcorner-posts and provided with transverse channels arranged to registerwith said vertical channels in the cornenposts, guides provided withtenons adapted to fit into said post-channels and interlock in thechannels of the crosspieces, together with the side panels connectingthe front and the rear posts, and draws of ordinary construction,substantially as described.

2. A cabinet comprising the corner-posts provided with vertical channelson their in:

ner surfaces, cross-pieces mortised into said corner-posts and providedwith transverse ICO channels arranged to register with said verwith theside panels and draws of ordinary tical channels in thecorner-posts,draW-guides construction, substantially as described. 10provided with tenons adapted to fit into said In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature post-channels and interlock in the channels in thepresence of two Witnesses.

5 of the cross-pieces,said guides being provided DANIEL VAN NOSTRAND.

with tongues f arranged to overlap the side Witnesses: pieces and to actas a stop for the drawer by CHAS. BRANDSTEDTER,

engaging against the drawer-front, together HANS RossMAN.

